Archive for December, 2005

German Man buys his own stolen camera on eBay Auctions

Friday, December 30th, 2005

A 44-year-old German businessman whose digital camera was stolen at a restaurant was relieved when he managed to buy exactly the same model on the eBay Internet auction site to match his accessories. But he became suspicious when it emerged the seller came from his home town. It proved to be the same camera. Police […]

Oregon Man pleads guilty to eBay attack

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to using a computer worm to launch attacks against Internet auction site eBay Inc., the U.S. attorney’s office handling the case said on Wednesday.Anthony Scott Clark, 21, pleaded guilty to intentionally damaging a protected computer, a crime with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine […]

Collecting From Non Paying eBay Bidders

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

Depending on what you sell between one and ten percent of your bidders will fail to pay you after the auction ends. Up until now you didn’t really have any way to guarantee the buyer would step up and pay you. Now, I am going to teach you a very powerful and quick way to get non paying bidders to pony up.

Philips Electronics Charity Light Auction

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

Philips will hold an online charity auction on eBay to sell off the light bulbs used to illuminate this year’s ball, with all proceeds going to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. This will be the last year Philips will use halogen and incandescent bulbs. It’s LED, solid-state lighting for next year’s ball. The […]

Bangladesh Online Auctions

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Two Bangladesh websites, clickbd.com and dhakashop.com, have claimed that their online auction services have attracted thousands of new internet users from all over the country.While dhakashop.com has drawn 3,000 registered users since the site’s launch in January 2005, clickbd.com boasts 10,000 registered users since April 2005.
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